kvmb Chapter 342 Eternal Night
Chapter 342 Eternal Night
The demon spirit and shadow who rushed down from the second floor just happened to see Hu Jinghui capturing the man in black robe alive, and they also breathed a sigh of relief.
Just now when the two men were trying to chase and kill the damn man in black robe, they were tripped by the man in black robe who took advantage of the terrain.
After the two men stood firm, they looked down and found that Shadow had just kicked a human head, and the reason why the demon spirit was almost tripped was because he stepped on a headless corpse.
On the other hand, the men in black just ran to the first floor.
"General Hu is truly a man of heaven." The evil spirit praised.
"That's what I think," said Shadow.
The three of them walked out together and came to the outside of the inn.
Hu Jinghui, with a stern face, threw the man in black robe to the ground.
The man in black robe was in pain all over his body, but before he could react, the shadow took off his hood, revealing his wretched face under the moonlight.
"Marquis Pingnan?"
The county magistrate exclaimed, thinking to himself that this was not what he had expected.
Shouldn't these be Li Cunxi's subordinates, following Li Cunxi's orders to seek revenge?
How the hell did he become Xue Qinglin, Marquis of Pingnan?
Could it be that the person who actually killed Huang Wenyue's entire family was Pingnan Hou Xue Qinglin?
Li Cunxi looked down at Pingnan Hou Xue Qinglin coldly and asked calmly:
"Are you Xue Qinglin?"
Pingnan Hou Xue Qinglin rubbed his aching head, a rage rising from his guts, and roared:
"Blind man, can't you see who Grandpa is?"
As soon as these words were spoken, even the people who were still whispering shut their mouths and prepared to watch the show.
The county magistrate pulled the county lieutenant back two steps, as if they were ready to watch the show.
Xue Qinglin finally realized at this moment that something was wrong. He was dizzy from the fall just now and didn't understand the situation.
but now……
He looked at Li Cunxi again with trembling hands, only to find that the other party still had no expression on his face, but in the depths of his eyes, there appeared a surging murderous intent that had been hidden all along.
The other people who silently surrounded him in a circle also exuded a terrifying murderous aura.
"I'm going to ask you one last time, you traitor, are you Xue Qinglin, Marquis of Pingnan?" Li Cunxi said coldly, with a murderous light in his eyes.
"Yes, yes, I am Xue Qinglin, Marquis of Pingnan." Xue Qinglin, Marquis of Pingnan, was frightened to the point of almost losing his mind, and he said hurriedly.
"He disobeyed his superiors, contradicted the imperial envoy, and beat up the Lieutenant General of the Royal Guard. What a vicious and cruel person he is."
Li Cunxi set the main tone, and then pointed towards Fengxi Inn:
"Tell me, what happened in there?"
The demon spirit didn't wait for Xue Qinglin to open his mouth to defend himself, and immediately bowed and said:
"Li Shaoyin, when we went upstairs just now, we saw this man wearing a black robe and trying to run to the first floor. We quickly chased him, but we didn't expect to see a headless corpse and a human head at the door."
"The two of us wasted time, which allowed this guy to escape to the first floor."
Li Cunxi nodded with satisfaction, then turned to Xue Qinglin and said:
"Only the county magistrate Huang Wenyue is on the second floor, and the servant said that a man in a black robe came to look for the county magistrate Huang Wenyue. I think it must be you, the Marquis of Pingnan, Xue Qinglin."
"If my guess is correct, the headless corpse and the human head should be the county magistrate Huang Wenyue, right?"
Xue Qinglin opened his mouth and immediately said that he didn't kill the person.
But Li Cunxi didn't give him the chance at all. He flicked his sleeves and strode towards Fengxi Inn.
"Bring this traitor with you. We'll go up to the second floor and see if it was done by this traitor!"
……
Luoyang.
Ganquan Palace.
Wu Zetian had just put on her clothes and lay down when Shangguan Wan'er said that Di Renjie wanted to see her. It was late at night, and Wu Zetian was too lazy to change her clothes, so she waited for Di Renjie to come in wearing her middle clothes.
Under the leadership of Luo Yong, the General of the Qianniu Guard, Di Renjie successfully walked into the Ganquan Palace and saluted Wu Zetian.
Wu Zetian, lying on the bed, glanced at Di Renjie and knew that this old man must have some important business in the palace, otherwise he would not have come to disturb her sweet dreams in the middle of the night.
"Huaiying, you came here in the middle of the night. You must have something important to report to me, right?"
Di Renjie had already expected that Wu Zetian would guess his intention, so he bowed and replied:
"Your Majesty, I came here tonight only for my nephew Li Cunxi."
Wu Zetian finally remembered Li Cunxi, who had been away from the court for half a year. She rubbed her temples and asked:
"Cunxi has been away from the court for half a year. He has gone on a tour of the country in compliance with my order. What could have happened that would have brought you here so late at night?"
Di Renjie's eyes flickered, and he said helplessly:
"Your Majesty, I came here this time because I am afraid that Cun Xi will kill too many people due to his haste, and some ministers in the court will use this as a reason to impeach him."
Wu Zetian did not think that Li Cunxi's excessive killing was a bad thing, so she casually waved her hands and said:
"How many people did I kill in the past, and how many people impeached me for it?"
"Am I not still high and mighty, and still killing too many people?"
"Mr. Di, even if Cunxi killed too many people, so what? You, Jianzhi and Huaiyuan are the heads of the Political Affairs Hall, and Chengsi is loyal to Cunxi. The head of the Censorate who impeached the officials has received great favors from Cunxi, and would rather die than impeach Cunxi."
"As for me, no matter who impeaches Cunxi, I will not agree. I will not deny myself in the past, nor will I deny Cunxi now."
"As long as Cunxi kills no more than 30,000 people, I won't care!"
Wu Zetian's eyebrows were as sharp as knives. She stood up and looked directly at Di Renjie.
Why shouldn't she allow others to do what she has done?
It's just revenge.
She could kill her own brother, so it was reasonable for Li Cunxi to kill his enemy. As long as Li Cunxi's target was not her, she was willing to let Li Cunxi go and create a clean Jiangzhou!
"As long as the people Cunxi kills are all related to the six thieves, then I will agree to everything!"
"Even if we kill until Jiangzhou turns into a river of blood!"
"Even if we kill all the young and strong men in Jiangzhou!"
"Even if this leads to rebellion throughout Jiangzhou!"
"I will never regret it!"
"I don't think I did anything wrong in what happened to Duke Huang. Even if I did it just to establish my authority, the Jiangzhou of today is not necessarily the Jiangzhou of the past."
"I know what you are thinking. You are afraid that Cun Xi will kill too many people and put everyone in Jiangzhou in danger."
"However, I have already sent Chengsi's disciple Mi Qing to Jiangzhou as the governor, and Jiangzhou is also under strict surveillance by the internal guards."
"General Fang Zhe of the Left Dragon Guard has already led his army to Hongzhou. If Li Cunxi really kills enough people in Jiangzhou to make some people want to rebel, Fang Zhe will massacre Jiangzhou!"
The cruelty in Wu Zetian's eyes made Di Renjie feel like he was falling into an icy cave.
It feels like when King Li Zhen of Yue rebelled in Xiangyang, Wu Zetian swore to massacre Xiangyang in the court.
It was just that the intention back then was to purge the descendants of the Li family, but now an entire state is to be destroyed for Li Cunxi.
Whether this will happen or not can be seen from the look in Wu Zetian's eyes.
General Fang Zhe of the Left Dragon Guard must have led his army to Hongzhou and stationed troops on the border.